梵蒂冈城，10月13日 - 教皇利奥将于周二在罗马住院，以便切除其肺部一个小的生长物，这是他17个月任期内首次出现重大健康问题。
VATICAN CITY, Oct 13 - Pope Leo was due to be hospitalised in Rome on Tuesday ahead of surgery to remove a small growth on one of his lungs, in the first major health issue of his 17-month tenure.
利奥，71岁，周日表示，在一次体检中发现了一个小结节，该结节被描述为“控制良好”且早期发现。
Leo, 71, said on Sunday that a small nodule had been found on a check-up, was "well-contained" and had been spotted early.
梵蒂冈新闻办公室表示，他预计将在周二上午晚些时候离开梵蒂冈前往罗马的杰梅利医院，但未具体说明手术的确切时间。
He was expected to leave the Vatican for Rome's Gemelli hospital late morning, the Vatican press office said, without specifying when the actual operation would take place.
利奥于2025年5月由全球红衣主教选出，相较于其他教会领袖而言年龄较轻。他喜爱运动，包括网球，且目前没有吸烟史或之前健康问题的记录。
Leo, elected by the world's cardinals in May 2025, is relatively young for a Church leader. He enjoys sports, including tennis, and is not known to be a smoker or to have had health issues previously.
梵蒂冈表示，他的康复预计将持续约一周。他所有的公开活动已取消至10月20日。
The Vatican has said his recovery is expected to take about a week. All his public events have been cancelled until October 20.
肺部结节是一种小的、局部的病变，可能是良性的。美国胸科学会表示，总体而言，少于5%的肺部结节最终被证实为癌症，尽管风险会随着年龄、大小以及其他因素如吸烟而增加。
A nodule on the lung is a small, localised lesion that can be benign. The American Thoracic Society says fewer than 5% of lung nodules overall prove cancerous, although risk rises with age, size, and other factors such as smoking.
罗马翁贝托一世医院胸外科主任费德里科·韦努托博士表示，切除肺部结节的手术通常是微创的，有时可能需要使用一种称为胸镜的细管摄像头。“并发症率极低，”他对路透社表示。
Dr. Federico Venuto, chief of thoracic surgery at Rome's Policlinico Umberto I hospital, said procedures to remove lung nodules are usually minimally invasive, and can sometimes involve use of a thin camera tube called a thoracoscope. "The complication rate is extremely low," he told Reuters.
利奥的前任、已故教皇方济各于2025年4月去世，享年88岁，在他晚年身体虚弱期间曾多次住院。
The late Pope Francis, Leo's predecessor, died at age 88 in April 2025 and was hospitalised several times as he grew frail in his later years.
利奥周一在其唯一的公开活动中以坚定清晰的声音发表讲话，日程安排非常紧张。他计划于11月6日至17日对乌拉圭、阿根廷和秘鲁进行为期11天的访问。
Leo, who spoke in a firm, clear voice at his only public event on Monday, keeps a very busy schedule. He is due to make an 11-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from November 6 to 17.
就在周日宣布需要手术的同一次讲话中，利奥承诺他将继续进行此次访问。
In the same address on Sunday when the pope announced his need for surgery, Leo pledged he would go forward with the trip.